Screaming Gunman Alerts Neighbors

"PORTLAND, OR — Officers found two gunshot victims inside an Southeast Portland apartment, and detectives believe it may have been an attempted murder-suicide.

"Sgt. Pete Simpson, a police spokesman, said members of the bureau’s Special Emergency Reaction Team found an adult woman dead inside an apartment unit located in the 3300-block of Southeast Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard. SERT officers also found an adult man suffering from an “apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Simpson said in a prepared press release.

"When officers found the man, he was still alive, Simpson said. He was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.

"Officials told [reporters] the incident was reported around 11:56 p.m. Saturday. The gunman was reported to have been seen outside the apartment complex screaming, talking to himself and walking around with a firearm, officials said. Police later learned that a witness heard the man screaming that he had killed the woman, officials confirmed. Around 12:33 a.m. Sunday, as officers were attempting to locate, and talk with the man, he returned to the apartment complex where multiple shots were fired. Officials said no officers were hurt.

"Homicide Detectives and Criminologists from the Forensic Evidence Division are on scene oinvestigation. An autopsy on the woman will be performed Sunday by the Oregon State Medical Examiner to determine the cause of death.

"Simpson said there is no longer a risk to the neighborhood."

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